Liometopum

Liometopum
Liometopum occidentale worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Liometopum
Mayr, 1861
Type species
Formica microcephala
Panzer, 1798
Species

see text

Diversity[1]
28 species
Synonyms

Poneropsis Heer, 1867

Liometopum is a genus of ants that belongs to the subfamily Dolichoderinae,[2] found in North America, Europe and Asia.[3]

Caterpillars of certain butterfly species have a symbiotic relationship with Liometopum ants. They produce secretions that the ants will feed on, similar to the Iridomyrmex genus of ants.

Species

See also

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2016). "Liometopum". AntCat. Retrieved 01 May 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. "Genus: Liometopum". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. Hoey-Chamberlain, R; Rust, MK; Klotz, JH (2013), "A Review of the Biology, Ecology and Behavior of Velvety Tree Ants of North America", Sociobiology 60 (1): 1–10, doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v60i1.1-10
  4. Dlussky, G.M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Perfilieva, K.S. (2015). "The Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Bol’shaya Svetlovodnaya (Late Eocene of Sikhote-Alin, Russian Far East)" (PDF). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1): 131–152.

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